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MPG 15: Provision of Silica Sand in England

Reference and Link

Mineral Planning Guidance 15: Provision of Silica Sand in England1 (archived)

  1. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/mineralsplanningguidance11

Title

MPG 15: Provision of Silica Sand in England

Date

9/23/1996

Description

This MPG addressed the extraction of silica sand (also known as 'industrial sand') which contains a high proportion of silica and is a scarce resource not directly used in construction, but which is vital to the glass and foundry casting industries and to a number of other specialist operations.

This document was archived 6 Feb 2012, and current information can now be found within the National Planning Policy Framework1

  1. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minerals

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